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| Basic information | Name: Beaver-Harrison This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name. Abbreviation: There is no official abbreviation for this meteorite. Observed fall: No Year found: 1979 Country: United States Mass:  925 g | ||||||||||||||||
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This is 1 of 13099 approved meteorites (plus 11 unapproved names) classified as L6. [show all] Search for other: L chondrites, L chondrites (type 4-7), Ordinary chondrites, and Ordinary chondrites (type 4-7) | ||||||||||||||||
| Writeup |
Writeup from MB 59:
Warning: the following text was scanned and may contain character recognition errors. Refer to the original to be sure of accuracy. DISCOVERY OF THE BEAVER-HARRISON, USA, STONY METEORITE Name: BEAVER-HARRISON Place of find: Beaver-Harrison Mine, Beaver County, Utah, USA. 38°29'3"N., 113°8'11"W. Date of find: July 24, 1979 Class and type: Stone. Olivine-hypersthene chondrite (L6). Olivine Fa25.0, pyroxene Fs21.1 Wo1.6 Number of individual specimens: 1 Total weight: 925 g Circumstances of find: Found by J.E. Welsh on the surface of an alluvial fan at the abandoned Beaver-Harrison Mine, Beaver Lake Mountains, Beaver County, Utah. Source: K. Keil, G. Conrad and J.E. Welsh, 1980. The Beaver-Harrison, Beaver County, Utah, L6 chondrite. Submitted to Meteoritics. | ||||||||||||||||
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| References: | Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 59, Meteoritics 16, 193-199 (1981)
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Statistics: This is 1 of 27 approved meteorites from Utah, United States (plus 1 impact crater) This is 1 of 1935 approved meteorites from United States (plus 866 unapproved names) (plus 28 impact craters) | ||||||||||||||||
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